History of Odyssey
Blade putters. Some mallets. Nothing new for a long time. Boooring…
Enter Odyssey. The “birth of the insert” in 1991. Odyssey Golf releases the Stronomic mallet putter, which gains its name from the lightweight elastomer that it’s actually made of. While looking completely different than some of the modern Odyssey putters of today, it made quite a splash in the early 20th century by boasting different heel-toe weighting and a slightly rear-focused COG. It quickly gains acceptance by the pros.
1994 — Odyssey decides to release a more “traditional” looking stainless putter with the same Stronomic insert. The tour begins to use them in force, gaining wins with the putter and boosting name recognition.
1996 — The first green jacket is won with an Odyssey putter and only the next year becomes the #1 putter in golf. History is being made. The ’90s continue varied forms of the Stronomic insert and innovative designs.
2000 — The White Hot putter comes on the scene. Made from the same material as popular golf balls, the Stronomic insert gives way to this sharper-looking and more responsive insert that takes the market by storm.
2001 — They continue to innovate by introducing a new way to line up putts: the 2-ball White Hot putter, giving a unique perspective to putting. Odyssey continues to dominate the market with excellent weighting of their putters as well.
2003 — Odyssey boasts 50% of market share. Odyssey continues varied designs through the decade, including a return of the Stronomic insert, pure milled face putters, tour-specific designs, the 3-ball design, and even a Marxman hybrid chipper.
2010 –Odyssey goes for yet another advancement in putter design with a Backstryke — a putter with a completely different back-weighted design.
Choosing an Odyssey Putter
The best thing to do with all of the styles available is to simply try one out. While you can search for hours through all of the varied types, it is best to put one in your hands and see if you like the way it lines up, see if you like the address, and see how it feels when you putt. Period.
If blade putters are your thing, you may like the Odyssey White Hot XG 3 Putter. If you’re into the 2-ball design thing, you may like the 2 Ball Lined Putter. Of course, you may be daring and try out the new Backstryke and simply see if you like innovation.
It’s still one of the top putters in golf no matter which one you try.
Read all of our Odyssey reviews below:
This is a strange-looking putter. Odyssey has taken a blade putter head and attached the putter shaft to the back of it. What the heck are they thinking?
Wait -- there is a method to their madness. The idea is twofold: 1) To increase your line of ...
Okay, let's get this out there right away. I'm a big Odyssey fan. I love their inserts, and their two-ball putter pretty much changed the game. To be honest, back when the 2 Ballers came out, I swore that you would "never see those stupid-looking things on the ...
These Odyssey people are really trying to make us better putters. Remember, they brought us a face insert that everybody loves and many other companies have tried to imitate. And likewise, this is the company that invented the two-ball putter, another incredibly successful ingenuity that many other brands ...
This is a good putter to go with if you've been shaking in your boots over those short putts. The big mallet has a high MOI that will fix some slight miscues and help get your confidence back. I like the alignment aid on this mallet as well ...
I've always liked this Rossie-style putter because it's smaller than those typical gargantuan mallets. I also really like the lines on the putter head for alignment. Most mallet putters don't have good alignment aids.
This Rossie Putter is part of Odyssey's new White Ice line. Touted as ...
It would seem Odyssey invented insert putters. This newest White Ice is the result of soliciting feedback from the tour pros. The pros are looking for responsiveness, resiliency, and consistency, and that is what Odyssey has very effectively constructed.
This W.I. #1 putter has a classic ...
Okay folks, this isn't kid stuff anymore -- you've stumbled across a beautiful tool designed for real players. Drum roll please??? It's Odyssey's White Hot Tour #1.
Let me talk a minute about what makes this club "Tour Quality." The White Hot Tour series features a bronzed tour finish ...
I have trouble with the Odyssey putters. I know they are ridiculously popular. I know that several pros use them. I know that they are one of the top putters on golfers' wish lists.
I just don't know why I can't seem to putt them. Not even ...
This is an interesting-looking blade style putter. Odyssey has added alignment channels for stability and a higher MOI. It is heel-toe weighted with a "crank-neck" hosel and full-shaft offset. This is Odyssey's Crimson Series. The Crimson Series is very easy to recognize with the red (or ...
Here is a small mallet putter. It is from Odyssey's Crimson Series, which is very easy to distinguish with the red (or crimson) colored insert. The mallet has a slant neck hosel and is face balanced with a full shaft offset.
The insert in the Crimson Series Putters is very ...
This is a pretty cool center shafted blade putter. It's from Odyssey's White Hot Tour series. The White Hot Tour series features a bronzed tour finish which reduces glare. It has "tour-tuned" weight ports in the sole, which Odyssey uses to optimize the weight proportionally to the ...
This heel shafted mallet is very similar to the one that Phil Mickelson has played with on the PGA tour.
The White Hot Tour series features a bronzed tour finish which reduces glare. It has "tour-tuned" weight ports in the sole which Odyssey uses to optimize the weight proportionally to ...
This blade style putter is very similar to the Odyssey White Hot Black #2 that I've been playing with for years, only the Hot Tour series takes it to the next level.
The White Hot Tour series features a bronzed tour finish which reduces glare. It has "tour-tuned" weight ...
The Black Series #3 Putter is a sleek mallet. It is face-balanced with a double bend shaft and a full shaft offset. These Odyssey Black Series putters are beautiful creations. They are designed for more advanced players.
Let's take a look at some of the technology: The first thing ...
This putter looks like the fangs of a cobra. These Odyssey Black Series i putters are beautiful creations. They are designed for more advanced players.
Let's take a look at some of the technology: The first thing you will notice is the attractive nickel plated finish. It's pleasing ...
This putter is the ever popular 2-Ball putter, only Odyssey has sent the Black i to charm school. These Odyssey Black Series i putters are beautiful creations. These are designed for more advanced players.
Let's take a look at some of the technology: The first thing you will ...
"Scotty, I need more power!"
This putter looks just like the spaceship from the TV show Star Trek. Odyssey dropped the ball with the name. They should have called it the White Hot XG SS Enterprise.
Let's take a gander. This is a 2-Ball putter with a little "flare." Wings ...
Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Is this putter a blade or a mallet? These are the questions I will address in the blog.
First of all, let's take a look at this 2-ball "whats-a-ma-jigger." The putter face is a blade, but it has 2 ...
This putter looks more like a weapon than a golf club. Keep it handy when walking back to your car on a dark night.
These huge teeth that jet off of the putter face of this Sabertooth Putter are designed to raise the MOI. This huge mallet will certainly be incredibly stable. ...
What's going on with these crazy shaped putters? This one looks like a spaceship from the movie Star Wars, or a big a huge staple. The funky shape is designed to pull all the weight to the back of the putter. This gives the Teron Putter ...
I love the racing stripes on this putter! It shouldn't be called the Marxman; it should be called the "Dale Earnhardt!"
Let's take a closer look. This is a big ol' half-moon-shaped mallet putter with incredible alignment aids running the length of the mallet. It's from Odyssey's Hot ...
Here's a cute little chipper. It's not really a wedge, and it certainly isn't a putter. Why it's a "Wudger!"
This club is very similar to the Odyssey White Hot XG Marxman Putter, only they've added some loft to the club to get the ball in the air quicker ...
I enjoy reviewing these White Hot Tour putters from Odyssey. The bronze color is easy on the eyes. Actually, that's the reason Odyssey made it this darker color -- to eliminate glare.
I really like this Rossie Putter because the small mallet design gives me better feel than ...
I complained and complained about the 2-Ball putter not having a line on in it, and lo and behold I find this Odyssey White Hot XG 2-Ball Lined Standard Putter. Now this is a 2-Baller I can get behind!
The 2-ball putters started the big mallet putter craze some time ago. ...
Do you dip your big toe in the shallow end of the pool, or do you just dive right into the deep end? I'm pretty sure Odyssey designed this putter for guys like me: "Toe-Dippers."
This putter is a hybrid of a blade putter and a 2-ball putter. In ...
When I'm "rolling the rock" well, I usually have a sharp blade in my hand.
I'm in "like" with this putter. (It's almost love; we just need a few more dates.) Although I sometimes play the mallets, the blade putters are my first love. Here's a beauty ...
This is your basic 2-Ball putter that Odyssey is known for. When it came out this was one of the most popular putters ever. The big appeal was the large forgiving clubhead and the 2 balls made for easy alignment.
This putter is from Odyssey's White Hot XG line. ...
This is a pretty cool center-shafted blade putter. It's from Odyssey's White Hot Tour series.
The White Hot Tour series features a bronzed tour finish which reduces glare. It has "tour-tuned" weight ports in the sole, which Odyssey uses to optimize the weight proportionally to the shaft length.
Of course, ...
I'm drooling now. Sorry. This is a problem I have when I look at a stunning putter.
The Odyssey Black Series i #6 is a tour-quality putter. As blades go, it doesn't really get much better than this. Where do I start?
Looking down at the putter head at address, ...
Uh-oh! I think the execs over at Odyssey are reading my blogs. They must be, because a few weeks ago I was complaining about how their 2-ball putters don't have a line on them for an alignment aid. I even talked about how I had tried ...
This is a big ol' mallet style putter from Odyssey. This putter looks like a claw or an ice ax. Just carry it with you the next time you climb a glacier. Then stroke a few putts at the summit.
The putter head is from Odyssey's White Hot ...
If you had wing, had wings, had wings…
Here's a putter you don't see every day. It has wings, and is one of those long putters -- you know the ones. You hold the top steady at your chest and swing the putter with your lower hand. It's not ...
"Bigger is better" seems to be the philosophy these days when it comes to golf technology. If Odyssey's Two-Ball Putter is good, well the Odyssey Tri-Ball is better. Why are we messing around just adding another ball... let's just cut right to the 8-Ball putter! Now that's a ...
I sometimes refer to clubs as beautiful or pretty. No, this isn't because I have no life or no girlfriend, and thus I have love for inanimate objects. However, I will say I'll match a beautiful putter like this one up against some sexy calendar girl any day.
Let's ...
Odyssey has a putter for everyone. No, this is not a commercial. I do not get paid to sell Odyssey putters. (I wish I did.) They just make a great product.
This particular putter is from the White Hot series. This is the same series that winner ...
I love reviewing Odyssey putters. Odyssey makes such a great product, and it's fun to examine their work. Like a surgeon's tools, Odyssey leaves no details to chance, and they make a putter for everybody.
This particular one, the Odyssey Black Series #9 Putter, is for you Phil Mickelson ...
Here's a blade putter from Odyssey's Crimson Series. The Crimson Series is very easy to recognize with the red (or crimson) colored insert. The putter is a rounded heel-toe weighted blade with a "crank-neck" hosel and a full-shaft offset.
The insert in the Crimson Series Putters is very firm. It ...
Here's another sweet Odyssey blade putter. This one is designed for the lady golfer. Odyssey hacked off a few inches from the shaft and threw in some "girlie" graphics, and voila! You too can putt like Natalie Gulbis.
This putter is very similar to the same putter I love that ...
My buddy Joe showed up for our last round with his Odyssey 2-ball putter. It caught me by surprise because he usually putts with the Black Series #2 Blade putter, the same putter I use. But like many of us golfers he is always dabbling and switching around when something ...
Putting is the bane of my existence. If driving is like punching the throttle of a jumbo jet, than putting is the finesse of setting the thousand-pound steel giant softly on the runway. Unfortunately, the way I drive, I'm usually missing the runway altogether and having to ...
Putting is my nemesis. How incredibly frustrating when I stripe a 280 yard drive, hit a dart at the pin, and miss a 4 foot putt. "ARGGGGH! I hate this game."
"Drive for show, putt for dough!" my golf buddy Larry will inevitably say. (Well he used to say ...
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